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NASA Builds Worlds Largest Paper Airplane

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the required-the-worlds-largest-far-side-rerun dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA has designed and built the world's biggest paper airplane. The 98-foot, $1.2 billion bird isn't a mere museum piece or just for show. It's code name the "Flying Squirrel" for some odd reason doesn't seem to fit as the engineering drawings suggest a more shuttle like heritage. Here is the original article."

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  1. But... by GillBates0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    does it run Lunix?

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  2. Oh FFS by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone take the slashdot editors away and shoot them.

    This ceased to be funny 12 hours ago. It's april 2nd now and they're still at it.

  3. oh, man by roman_mir · · Score: 4, Funny

    we are never gonna get laid, are we?

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